Ruth Langsford remembers Maggie's final day on Loose Women

Jane Moore helps her fellow panelist through a tearful account of losing the dog who usually greeted her at the door.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 100,512 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (6,729).

Ruth Breaks Down Over The Death Of Her Dog Maggie | Loose Women

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0:15Ruth becomes tearful while recalling returning home, and her fellow panelists offer support.
0:41Ruth says Maggie developed a rapid bronchial infection and that her death was peaceful.
2:01Maggie's missing greeting at the door was the change Ruth noticed when she arrived home.
2:45Jane recalls having her dog Jasper put to sleep at home as the panel discusses attachment to pets.
4:03Ruth thanks viewers for the thousands of supportive messages she has received.

Ruth Langsford knew something was wrong when Maggie didn't get up to meet her. Returning home after a Loose Women broadcast, she found her dog lying quietly in the hallway instead of offering the usual greeting.

In the show's October 19 conversation, Ruth becomes tearful as she describes Maggie's death, with Jane Moore stepping in to support her. Maggie had developed a rapid bronchial infection. Ruth says her death was peaceful.

"It was her time, you know. She was 16," she tells the panel.

The clip drew roughly 69,000 views in half a day, well beyond the channel's usual first-day audience for regular videos. The comments also became unusually busy, with viewers sharing memories of dogs and cats they had lost, sometimes years earlier. Several describe the absence of a pet as the loss of a family member.

Jane brings her own experience to the conversation, recalling the decision to have her dog Jasper put to sleep at home. Alongside Kelly Brook and Janet Street-Porter, she helps broaden the discussion from Ruth's loss to the attachments people form with their animals.

Ruth closes by thanking viewers for the messages already sent to her: "I haven't read them all yet, because there's so many, thousands, and I just want to say thank you."

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